An Owner's Guide to the Future

The CropLife Media Group is proud to announce that futurist David Zach will serve as the keynote speaker at the PrecisionAg Luncheon on July 17 during the InfoAg Conference in Springfield, IL. The PrecisionAg Luncheon is sponsored by SST Software.

Zach is one of a handful of professionally trained futurists in the world, having earned a Master’s degree in Studies of the Future from the University of Houston-Clear Lake. Dave has worked with over 1400 associations, corporations and colleges offering insights on the personal and professional impact of strategic trends, delivering funny and thought-provoking messages on the future of technology, economics, business, education, demographics and society.

He asserts that while change is vital, it is also overrated. And in this time of tumultuous change, it's far more important that we find the things that don't change and shouldn't change. Tradition and change are really choices, and we are only prepared to choose wisely when we look far and wide for causes, implications and lasting value.

For more information about Zach visit www.davidzach.com.

Speaker
544 E. Ogden Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53202

Biography:
David Zach is one of the few professionally trained futurists on this planet, having earned a masters degree in Studies of the Future from the University of Houston-Clear Lake. Of course, this was way back in the 1980s, so it's pretty much history by now. Since then, Dave has worked with over 1400 associations, corporations and colleges offering insights on the personal and professional impact of strategic trends. In other words, he gives funny and thought-provoking keynote speeches on the future of technology, economics, business, education, demographics and society. He reads a lot – and he reads a lot more about the past than he does about the future. He knows that change is vital but it's also overrated and in this time of tumultuous change, it's far more important that we find the things that don't change and shouldn't change. Tradition and change are really choices, and we are only prepared to choose wisely when we look far and wide for causes, implications and lasting value. Dave has only had two real jobs; one with Northwestern Mutual and the other with Johnson Controls in the roles of environmental scanning and strategic planning. Along the way, he taught Future Studies in the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Since 1987, he mostly sits and read everything he can and then designs fascinating presentations that leave people either engaged in vivid conversations or quietly reflecting on what it all means. He gives talks about 50 times a year and really wishes he would write more. He is the author of two books, so far. Dave is on the board of the American Institute of Architects and on the board of the American Chesterton Society. Past activities include: Wisconsin Small Business Development Center Advisory Council, AIA-WI Board, Future Milwaukee Advisory Board, Community Advisory Board for NPR station WUWM, board member of eInnovate, member of the downtown Rotary Club of Milwaukee, and chairman of the Goals for Greater Milwaukee 2000 Education Committee.

Date
July 17, 2013 10:30am


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